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Sonnet 130

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Poem 1: By William Shakespeare

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Line 1: “eyes are nothing like the sun” fos?

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Simile

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Line 2: What is used for a musical feel?

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Repition of “red”.

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Line 3: What of significance is used?

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Compare and contrast of snow and her breasts.

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Line 4: What fos is “Hairs be wires”

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Metaphor

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What are the meanings of these words:
damasked [line 5]
dun [line 3]
belied [line 14]

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damasked - pink
dun - brown
belied - to falsely portray

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What can be understood from “by heaven” in line 13?

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The speaker is confirming the truth in what he’s about to say.

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What are all the things Shakespeare compares his mistress to?

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Sun [line 1]
Coral [line 2]
Snow [line 3]
Wires [line 4]
Roses [line 5 and 6]
Perfume [line 7]
Music [line 10]
Goddess [line 11]

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What is the purpose of these comparisons?

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Shakespeare makes fun of conventional love sonnets that portray their beloved as perfect. He declares that his love is real and his beloved as rare and wonderful as any woman flattered with false comparisons.

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What does the title create an expectation of and why does the poem subvert that?

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T creates the expectation that the poem will admire the qualities of the beloved however the speaker says that her eyed and skin are nothing extraordinary.

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What is the speakers tone? [Adjective]

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The speakers tone is blunt, matter of fact, pragmatic or unsentimental.

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What is the rhyme scheme?

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Consists of three quatrains and then a rhyming couplet.
abab cdcd efef gg

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The child who was shot dead by soldiers in Nyanga

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Poem 2: By Ingrid Jonker

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What in stanza 1 is a symbol of power or the military?

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“raises his fists”

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What in line 3 and 9 has significance and why?

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Repetition of the onomatopoeia “screams”.
This shows either
1 - People are standing up to oppression.
2 - It’s the only way to express their pain.

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Why is heather, line 4, a symbol of hope?

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Heather grows throughout the year. Signifying something that can’t be stopped like the movement against oppression.

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Why is the comparison of a their hearts and cities under siege effective? Line 5

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People in townships are compared to a city under siege. Both are trapped and attacked.

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Why does the writer use a list of places in stanza 3?

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They are effectively conveying how common police brutality is, it hasn’t just happened once at one place.

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Who is “the child” referred to in the title?

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The title is not speaking about a specific child but a collection of people.

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What is the significance of the final line of the poem?

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The child had no power while alive but in death the child was free from restrictions and liberated others to fight oppression.

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What is the message the writer is conveying?

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The fight for freedom and liberation of the oppressed will never die.

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What is the meaning of the word “saracens” in line 16

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An armoured personnel carrier used by the Apartheid government to carry soldiers into townships.

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At a funeral

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Poem 3: By Dennis Brutus

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Who is Valencia Majombozi and why is the poem dedicated to her?

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She was a young doctor who died shortly after qualifying.

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To what refers the “gifts” in line 6?

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All of Valencia’s knowledge and gifts in how to help people as a doctor that is wasted.

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What does the word “pageantry” mean in line 1?

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A ceremony, so Valencia’s funeral.

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What contrast is there in the first stanza?

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Contrast between the colours at the funeral and the mud where the coffin is going in.

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The poem presents the funeral as an occasion to renew his commitment to the struggle for oppression.

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:-)

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Why does the speaker say that the “carrion books of birth” make those alive seem dead?

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These peoples lives are being smothered by the passes because they can’t live freely with them.

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What is the speaker urging people in line 7 and 9?

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The speaker is urging active resistance as he says “all you frustrate ones” must “Arise.” The speaker sees death as a better fate than lying down (surrendering) and living in defeat and with a lack of movement. §

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What is the form, structure and rhyme scheme?

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Two stanzas with the same amount of lines. The rhyme scheme is the same:
Stanza 1 - a a a b a
Stanza 2 - c c c d c

This leads to a formality and keeping to the rules.

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What figure of speech is in lines 2 and 6?

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Personification of graves and mud. Both of these make the Earth seem hostile and resented by the speaker.

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Notice the capitalisation of Expectant, Death and Freedom. This is to draw the readers attention and emphasise the words.

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:-0

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How has the writer emphasised “Salute!” and “Arise!”

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The words are capitalised. The writer is commanding readers to take action. It is emphasised by the exclamation marks. The emphasis of these instructions suggest the writers strong emotions.

35
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Where is music/sound in the poem?

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line 4 “bugled dirging slopes”
line 9 “brassy shout”

36
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What is the meaning of these words:
pageantry (line 1)
bugled dirging slopes (line 4)
panoply (line 5)
carrion books of birth (line 8)
tyranny (line 10)
scythes (line 10)
dearth (line 11)

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pageantry - ceremony
bugled dirging slopes - playing a funeral song on a bugle
panoply - display
carrion books of birth - pass books
tyranny - cruel use of power
scythes - cut down
dearth - lack of

37
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Poem of Return

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Poem 4: By Jofre Rocha

38
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The repetition of “bring me” and “do not bring” is …

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Anaphora

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What is the speakers tone?

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The speaker has a tone of: Regret, sadness, sombre, anger or militant.

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What does the use of “When” in line 1 indicate.

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His action of returning hasn’t happened yet and only will happen when there is peace.

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Why is the land the speaker is in silent?

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He can’t communicate with his people in Angola.

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Why does the speaker not want flowers upon his return?

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Flowers indicate a celebration and he doesn’t want to be celebrated as he is guilty for fleeing while others fought and died.

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Is it possible for “all the dews” to be brought to the speaker?

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The speaker is making an impossible demand to show that he can’t make up for leaving his people.

44
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What fos is in line 4?

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Personification of dawns, it is weeping, because of the war/exile/loss/colonisation.

45
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Why are the dawns crying?

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They “witnessed dramas,” they saw the images of loss from war.

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Why does line 5 link to line 1?

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Line 5 emphasises the speakers lack of human connection and communication with his people.

47
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What is “only, just” in line 11 an example of?

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Redundancy

48
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Where is there a euphemism in the poem?

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Line 12 - “Fallen is a euphemism for death”

49
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What does day-break refer to?

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Independence

50
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What is “wingless stone” in line 13 an example of?

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A paradox. This is because a stone can’t fly as it is too heavy. This is comparing the stone to men who have died in battle and don’t get opportunities.

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What is the form and structure?

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Roughly an Italian sonnet. Made up of an octet and a sestet.

52
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Talk to the Peach tree

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Poem 5: By Sipho Sepamla

53
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Is it normal to talk to things that can’t respond? Why does the poet say to do this?

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No it is strange. He is encouraging the reader to reflect and have a dialogue with someone.

54
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What is the use of the apostrophe in line 1: “Let’s”?
What type of speech is it?

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Omission and contraction
“Let’s” is an inclusive pronoun.

55
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Why does the poet instruct readers to “ask how it is in other countries” ?

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You can get an external perspective from other countries. He is urging readers to be curious about other people/places.

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What does the use of the word “pets” in line 5 suggest about the circumstances during Apartheid?

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Shows a power dynamic where one group is in control and the other dependent. He is trying to say, in stanza 3, that white people didn’t know what black people went through during the Apartheid regime.

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What is unusual about stanza 4 and 5?

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They are indented. This indicated a shift in the tone. It includes commentary on the government.

58
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What is the poet referring to by “words have lost meaning”

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The propaganda the Apartheid people used to stop people talking.

59
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What fos is present in line 10?

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Alliteration of w letter.

60
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What does the diction in stanza 6 tell us about the Apartheid regime?

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“paralysing” How black people were oppressed and not able to do things for yourself. No control.
“mercilessness” How ruthless and cruel the Apartheid regime was.

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What does stanza 7 tell us about?

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That black people were forcibly removed to places with no services like rubbish bins.

62
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What phrase is significant in stanza 8?

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“how it feels to be in the ground.” A reference to the title. Saying to learn about the lived experiences of those oppressed.

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What is significant of “going down” in line 17?

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It is an image of losing hope.

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What is the tone in line 17 and why is it effective?

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Accusatory tone. Instructing people not to just eye what’s happening passively but ask questions.

65
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What tone is present in “come on”

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Urgent tone

66
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Who is the poet talking about when he says “let’s talk to the devil himself”

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Apartheid leaders.

67
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What is the poet requesting?

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A negotiation.

68
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What is the register and style in this poem?

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Register - Casual
Style - Conversational

69
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What is the main type of fos used in this poem?

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Personification

70
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Prayer to Masks

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Poem 6: By Leopold Sedar Senghor

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What is the title an appeal to?

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Appeal to higher power/ancestors. There’s a positive connotation.

72
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What is the purpose of traditional masks in African culture?

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To hide emotions and intentions.

73
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What tone does the speaker address the masks and how do we know this (proof).

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Speaker has a tone of awe. As evident by the use of the exclamation marks.

74
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Who is the speaker addressing in line 1?

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The masks.

75
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Why is the use of masks significant?

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Strong symbol of heritage and identity. Used in religious rituals, dances and ceremonies and there’s a strong link to ancestors.

76
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What connotations are there in line 2?

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Racial connotations: “you black and white masks,” (This is a post-colonial poem)

77
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Are the masks alive according to the poem?

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Yes: “spirit breathes” in line 3 is proof.

78
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What does the use of “I greet” in line 4 significant?

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It is in first person and makes it more intimate and personal. There are feelings of awe/reverence towards the masks.

79
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What is the speaker referring to in line 5: “lion headed ancestor”

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The poets fathers name meant lion. A lion is a symbol of strength and bravery.

80
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What is “this place” in line 6 and how do you get there?

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Talking about the afterlife. It is closed to any mortal smile, (you have to be dead).

81
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How do we know the poem is in a patriarchal society?

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Line 6: The afterlife is “closed to any feminine laughter”
Line 7: The speaker only “breathes the air of my fathers.” (not mothers)

82
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What fos is in line 7?

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Metaphor. Masks compared to purity that lives in the Earth.

83
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Line 8: “Masks of maskless faces.” is a paradox as it emphasises the …

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Power of the masks

84
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Why does the speaker say that the masks are “free from dimples and wrinkles” ?

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To illustrate that the masks are timeless, pure and free of worries/blemishes.

English gr 12 (1 decks)

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